23 January 2011
MUSCAT -- As part of the MoU signed between Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and Information Technology Authority (ITA), a workshop titled 'Train the Teacher' (TTT) on GNU/Linux has been organised by the Communication and Information Research Centre (CIRC) at SQU. The training workshop was organised in partnership with Linux professional Institute (LPI) for the GNU/Linux operating system.
The workshop, started on January 15 will continue till January 26 at the advanced networking lab the Electronic and Computer Engineering Department of the College of Engineering. Prof Hadj Boudourcen, Director of CIRC, said that the mission of the workshop is to promote the free and open source software (FOSS) through training the trainers to support the national initiative on FOSS.
The workshop is being attended by faculties from SQU, University of Nizwa and Higher College of Technology. The course is divided into parts LPI 101 and LPI 102 to prepare the faculties to take the 101 and 102 exams of the LPI level 1 certification. "This course covers fundamental Linux skills such as file management and manipulation, text processing, command line use, package management, file systems, hardware, and many more", Prof Hadj said.
The MoU envisages capacity building in FOSS and encouragement of technical solutions. It also foresees educating the society on the importance of open source software. To this end, workshops, seminars, conferences and awareness programmes will be conducted at frequent intervals to encourage students to use open source applications.
The Communication and Information Research Centre at SQU has taken the initiative to launch the Free and Open Source Software Society at the University. It also joined hands with the Information Technology Authority (ITA) of Oman to bring out the first Omani pilot computer system based on GNU/Linux called Omanix Intillaqah.
MUSCAT -- As part of the MoU signed between Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and Information Technology Authority (ITA), a workshop titled 'Train the Teacher' (TTT) on GNU/Linux has been organised by the Communication and Information Research Centre (CIRC) at SQU. The training workshop was organised in partnership with Linux professional Institute (LPI) for the GNU/Linux operating system.
The workshop, started on January 15 will continue till January 26 at the advanced networking lab the Electronic and Computer Engineering Department of the College of Engineering. Prof Hadj Boudourcen, Director of CIRC, said that the mission of the workshop is to promote the free and open source software (FOSS) through training the trainers to support the national initiative on FOSS.
The workshop is being attended by faculties from SQU, University of Nizwa and Higher College of Technology. The course is divided into parts LPI 101 and LPI 102 to prepare the faculties to take the 101 and 102 exams of the LPI level 1 certification. "This course covers fundamental Linux skills such as file management and manipulation, text processing, command line use, package management, file systems, hardware, and many more", Prof Hadj said.
The MoU envisages capacity building in FOSS and encouragement of technical solutions. It also foresees educating the society on the importance of open source software. To this end, workshops, seminars, conferences and awareness programmes will be conducted at frequent intervals to encourage students to use open source applications.
The Communication and Information Research Centre at SQU has taken the initiative to launch the Free and Open Source Software Society at the University. It also joined hands with the Information Technology Authority (ITA) of Oman to bring out the first Omani pilot computer system based on GNU/Linux called Omanix Intillaqah.
© Oman Daily Observer 2011
